HOWTO create and use shortcut (favicon) icons on your pages

Shortcut icons are the icons displayed in your browser when you visit a web page. These icons are also displayed next to the link when users bookmark your page.

Some browsers try to get a the standard favicon file favicon.ico by default, even if you have not given any icon to your pages. This is why you may find "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 404 entries in your web server logs.

[edit] Add a link to the icon in the head part of your pages to make sure all browsers find it

It is possible to use a full path to another location (<link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.mysite.net/here/favicon.ico">) - and it is possible ot use different icons for each page. Generally, using alternative locations for shortcut icons only make sense if you want different icons on various parts of your site. Keep in mind that some browsers will get /favicon.ico regardless of what you ask them to get in the <head>..</head> section.